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- - Recent graduate wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship, aims to unlock quantum computing
    Renewable energy. Transportation. Medicine. Instead of pursuing just one of the many fields that he has a passion for, Romain Debroux ’16, MS ’18 wants to make a fundamental impact on all of them though quantum computing — a technology that has the potential to radically transform computing capability.
- - The brain speaks in calcium; Virginia Tech researcher to build computational translator
    While astrocytes are known to protect and support the brain, researchers are still puzzling over what role they play in brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, stroke, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. Guoqiang Yu is working to develop new computational tools to interpret and analyze astrocyte activity data.
- - Vassilis Kekatos receives NSF CAREER award to diagnose today’s power grid with potentially transformative technique
    Kekatos and his team hit upon a technique called grid probing to generate the information needed about what is often called the world’s largest machine.
- - Yang (Cindy) Yi earns NSF CAREER award to build 3D integrated circuits inspired by human brain
    “My dream for this technology is that it will improve the quality of human life,” said Yi. “We want to build chips to model some of the lost or damaged brain functions, allowing people who have suffered some brain injury to reclaim their former lives or move forward to new ones.”
- - FutureHAUS Dubai takes shape at Virginia Tech’s Research + Demonstration Facility
    Led by the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, students from five Virginia Tech colleges will compete as the only U.S. collegiate team in the Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai, November 2018. The team now has three months to complete the world’s smartest modular solar home – a prototype they hope will become a global model for housing sustainability.
- - Wei Zhou receives Young Investigator Award to use photons and electrons to peer inside the cell
    Zhou received a Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop a nanoscale multimodal transducer — a miniature device that takes advantage of optical and electrical properties at the nanometer level — to monitor and control the biological processes unfolding inside a living cell.
- - Virginia Tech agBOT autonomous watermelon harvester takes top prize
    The Virginia Tech agBOT team clinched first place in the third annual agBOT Challenge at Gerrish Farms in Rockville, Indiana.
- - Virginia Tech team tops in cyber capture-the-flag
    Seven computer engineering students took first place in MITRE’s Embedded Capture-the-Flag contest, which tasked them with designing a secure ATM banking system and then attacking the designs of 10 other universities.
- - Harpreet Dhillon named Steven O. Lane Junior Faculty Fellow of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2014, Dhillon has earned a reputation of being a talented researcher, having consistently produced seminal research results that have been extensively cited and utilized by his peers worldwide.
- - Chen-Ching Liu named American Electric Power Professor
    At Virginia Tech, Liu serves as the director of the Center for Power and Energy and will further grow the power system program in the College of Engineering that has a long tradition of accomplishments and worldwide reputation.
- - Robert Broadwater honored with emeritus status
    His research examined a new approach of analysis that he developed known as Graph Trace Analysis, which is used today by utility companies, universities, and the Department of Defense to study electric power system problems involving transmission, substations, and electric power distribution.
- - Jason Lai reappointed James S. Tucker Professor
    The James S. Tucker Professorship was established in 1984 through a gift by electrical engineering alumnus James S. Tucker ’34.
- - Despite bumps in the road, engineering team places third in North American autonomous vehicle competition
    Virginia Tech’s AutoDrive team faced challenges at home before ever stepping foot in Yuma, Arizona, to compete against seven other universities from the U.S. and Canada.
- - In memoriam: James S. Thorp, National Academy of Engineering member and professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering
    Thorp, National Academy of Engineering member and the Hugh P. and Ethel C. Kelly Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, died May 2, 2018.
- - Michael Sherburne named 2018 Outstanding Senior for the College of Engineering
    Throughout his time at Virginia Tech, Sherburne made it his mission to understand both the engineering he studies and the complex social issues that surround it.
- - College of Engineering inducts six members into the Academy of Engineering Excellence
    The academy consists of 152 alumni out of Virginia Tech's approximately 67,000 living engineering alumni who have achieved exceptional career successes.
- - Rolls-Royce, Wings Club executives on campus Thursday, April 19
    Hear Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce North America and Wings Club executive Marion Blakey’s perspective on the many career opportunities that exist in aviation, aerospace, and defense and where the industry is heading.

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